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EARL KENT EICHBAUER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 15, 1941 – August 8, 1967
Service recordEarl Kent Eichbauer, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 90
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 90
- JAMES DONALD DAVENPORTPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- ANTHONY L FRANKSLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- BOBBY RAY GARDNERSergeant · August 8, 1967
- JOHN LEE MORELANDLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY RAY GARDNERSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 90
- ROBERT THOMAS LOHMANPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 91
- HERBERT CLEVELAND SAMPLESPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 92
- ROBERT JAMES SCOTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 92
- CLARENCE E TACKETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 92
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.